Hiked Waas the night before, arriving near the pass around 2:00 am. Got in a couple hours of sleep and started up the trail as the eastern sky turned pink. Loved the view from the top with Canyonlands and the Henrys to the west and the San Juans to the SE.

Had the summit to myself, but ran into about 12 people on the way down. Not bad for a holiday weekend.

Started from La Sal Pass road at 8,100'. Snowshoe hiked the road to Beaver Lake (4.8 miles one-way) and ascended the ridge/rib on the left side of the gully. Nice weather, great views from the summit ridge.

Snow and a downed Aspen tree prevented me from reaching La Sal pass...tack on an extra two miles roundtrip for that one! What an amazing experience, the snow couloir was fun! I saw fresh mountain lion, coyote and bear tracks in the snow.

Solo hikes are rare these days, so this was fun! Took off up on FR 275 and found the use trail heading into the gully. Steep, leg-burning terrain, but nothing tricky. I'd done the Slickrock Bike Trail the day before, so my legs were a little gassed...after topping out the gully, ridge-walked over to Peale's summit and soaked in the view, which is ridiculous! Golden and red aspens lined the valleys and the views into red-rock country were great. Took ~3.5 hrs round trip

Climbed with my mom as a brief side trip on the drive to school. The road up to the pass was mostly quite good, though rain the previous day made the creek crossing a bit worrisome in our passenger car! We made it up (with my mom stopping 200' below the very top) in a bit under four hours, and back down in a bit over two. I didn't stay long at the top due to some nasty looking clouds building up to the north, but the weather held on the way down.

Started at Geyser Pass Winter Parking, followed the road to the pass, and climbed through deep snow to the North Ridge of Mellenthin. Traversed over to Peale next. After that I scrambled over the Razor Fang to Tuk, and descended north into Gold Basin and back to the car.

Right when we made it to the peak one heck of a storm rolled in and was pounding us with hail and rain with winds that made it hard to stand. By the time we made it back to the car we were cold and very wet but had the time of our lives.

Hiked up the 4-wheel drive road east of the pass. Then tried to find the easiest way through the deadfall. The talus wasn't too bad on the way up but I see why others like to do this with snow still in the couloir. I think it would go much qucker. Especially on the way down. Was chased off the top of this one by storm clouds. I wish I could have stayed and enjoyed the tremendous views more.

#1 10-01-08 What a fine way to begin a new month. We car camped 150 yards west of the pass and hiked Peale the day after we had climbed Mt. Waas. Reports of the talus climb being steep are not exaggerated. Made it to the top in 1+57 and down in 1+35. Wonderful fall colors on display everywhere there were huge stands of aspens. I will make a combined trip report to offer some details which might help those who follow. #2 09-03-12 Learned the hard way about which route from LaSal Pass is the correct one. Live and learn. Managed to make it safely in spite of the precarious route wrongly chosen, proof that God watches out even for those who choose to be knuckleheads.

Big snow year...stopped on road well over a mile before La Sal Pass. Once on the mountain, some snow, some rock. Traversed over from the summit to Mount Mellerthin, then over to the base of Tukuhnikivatz but that was crazy class 4 climbing that I wasn't expecting. Learned later I did the "Razer Fang" Pics and map at http://www.willhiteweb.com/utah_climbing/la_sal_mountains/mount_peale_185.htm

Climbed NE"ish" ridge. Great climb and steep Ski. Tandem snowboarded the lower slopes back to the road with my walking brother. I'll never forget the symbiotic gemini riding and dive into the slush at the bottom.